Inequalities, whilst varying in severity and geography, are symptoms of the same disease. The roll back of women’s rights is happening everywhere yet it is only when we look at the global picture that the trend becomes starkly apparent. The continuing issues that this world faces with discrimination not only against women, […]
Why It’s Good to Care
It hit me this week that these are the parts of caring for someone that are seldom spoken about or celebrated. Nobody writes songs about the way that caring can be getting up early, grumpy and cantankerous. You don’t see glossy Hollywood comedies about that morning at the swimming pool. […]
Foresight training February 5th 2026
We are delighted to announce that Henk Hilderink, Foresight Expert from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), will be joining us in the Temple of Peace, Cardiff, on Thursday 5th February. During his visit, Henk will deliver a three-hour introductory workshop on Strategic Foresight for organisational leaders […]
Welsh Young People’s Competition for Global Education Week, 17-24 Nov 2025
You are warmly invited to join WCIA in celebrating Global Education Week 2025. Global Education week is an opportunity for all the countries of Europe to come together to learn about the world and take coordinated action to help make it a better place. For 2025, our focus and theme […]
Young peacemakers gather in Cardiff to celebrate peace in schools
Reproduced from Quakers UK, with many thanks Almost 100 young peer mediators from across South Wales came together in Cardiff Bay on 15 October to celebrate their shared commitment to resolving conflict peacefully. The event, ‘Celebrating the Peacemakers of the Future | Dathlu Heddychwyr y Dyfodol’, was the first children’s […]
2025 ‘Young Peacemakers’ Awarded at Llangollen International Eisteddfod
On 10 July, Wales’ 2025 Young Peacemakers Awards took to the main stage of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod – an opportunity to celebrate what children and young people from across Wales have done to create kinder, safer and more inclusive communities locally, nationally and internationally. It is often said that […]
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WCIA are in the middle of a rebrand, and we’d love your input. Over the last few months, we’ve been working hard to make it easier for people to understand what we do and why it matters. That’s meant refining how we talk about ourselves by sharpening our messages and […]
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99 years ago this month, over May-June 1926 the “Women’s Peacemakers Pilgrimage” marched from N & S Wales and each corner of the UK, uniting tens of thousands under the banner of ‘HEDD NID CLEDD’ / ‘LAW NOT WAR’. View full Report on People’s Collection Wales This report from the […]
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Ten years after Wales’ Future Generations Act launched in 2015, it has increased prominence but is not yet driving the system-wide change that was intended, according to recent assessment by Audit Wales. This report is about how Welsh public bodies are thinking and acting for the long term. Specifically, it […]
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By Sharon Flint, with heritage materials by Craig Owen and Khai nor Shahmir Dolen Cymru, the Wales Lesotho Link, was founded #OnThisDay over 11th-12th March 1985, with events at the Welsh Office and Temple of Peace attended by then High Commissioner O.T. Sefako. This year has not only marked Dolen’s […]